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MOIION SEEKING TEAVE OF PARLIAMENT TO INTRODUCE A PRIVATE MEMBER'S EILL ENTITLED "THE PERSONS WITH ALBINISM BITL.

(Moved under Aticle 94(l) of the Constilution ond Ruies 55.
120 ond l2l of fhe Ru/es of Procedure of Porlioment) WHEREAS Article /9 of the Constitution of lhe Republic of Ugondo empowers Porliomenl io moke lows on ony motter for the peoce, order, development ond good governonce of Ugondo; AND WHEREAS the Constilulion of Ugondo ond severol inlernolionol lreolies recognize the principle of equolity ond non-discrimlnotion ond odvocote for; equol proteclion before ond under the low wilhoul ony discriminotion; ond offirm lhoi everyone hos the right to life.
liberty ond security of person; NOTING THAT "olbinism" o rore, non-coniogious, geneticolly inherited condition which results in the lock of melonin pigment in the hoir, skin ond eyes cousing vulnerobility to sun exposure; is widely misunderstood sociolly ond medicolly.
Thls is cleorly monifested by the uncleor definition ond little otlention in the existing legol ond policy fromework which locks odequole mecsures to protect persons with olbinism (PWAs) from physicol ond mentol obuse ond nol comprehensive to provide effective remedy ond redress in cose of obuse; for exqmple- (o) the Persons with Disobilities Acl.
2006 does nol incorporole o number of rights recoqnized in the United Notions Convention on the Rights of Persons wilh Disobilities ond even those recognized ore in dishormony with the principles of the convention in relotion lo PWAs; (b)the ombiguities in lows reloling lo witchcrolt ond lroditionol heolth proctices hove perpetuoted weok prosecution of violence ogoinst PWAs; (c)lows ogoinst ossoult ond murder provide PWAs with minimum proiection of their rights to lif e ond security of person; FURTHER NOTING siudies demonstrote lhol PWAS ore subjected to, ond experience persist multiple ond interseclionol lorms of discriminotion, including rituol oltocks, sexuol violence, trofficking of body porls, infonticide ond obondonment of children, socielol prejudices, ond lock of occess to bosic rights such os heolth; RECOGNISING THAT whereos there ore legol ond policy instruments on most of the humon rights violotions foced by PWDs, PWAs ore o unique ond complex group whose experiences significontly ond simultoneously louch on severol umon rights 1 issues including; discriminotion bosed on colour, speciol needs in terms of occess lo educotion ond enjoyment of the highest slondords of heolth, hormful kodilionol proctices, violence including killings ond rituol oltocks, trode ond trofficking of body porls for witchcroft purposes, inf onticide ond obondonmenl of children; AWARE THAT whereos the NDPII orticulotes chollenges focing PWDS, il does not recognize PWAs os constituling PWDs, lherefore the Speciol Gront for the PWDs does not exlend lo PWAs, which constroins funding towords progrommes for PWAs; RECAILING THAI ot its 60th Ordinory Session, lhe Africon Commission on Humon ond Peoples'rights odopted the Africo Regionol Action Plon on Albinism, o 5 yeor plon which seeks to oddress ollocks ond oiher humon righls violotions ogoinst PWAS.
lt spells oui 15 specific concrete ond time bound meosures; including public educotlon ond oworeness, systemotic doto collection, reseorch on the root couses of violence, legol ond policy reforms to; deter hormful proclices reloted to witchcroft , trofficking in body ports, stipulote meosures to fight impunity ond ensure supporl for the victims; CONVINCED THAT there is need for o specific legislotion on PWAs to provide for comprehenslve protection ond promotion of the rights of PWAs; to provide for their registrotion.
rehobilitotion, development ond wellbeing; to provide for the role ond responsibilities of both stote ond non-stote octors; to designote notionol ond district toskforce coordinotors for PWAs; ond to ochieve equolizotion of opporlunilies for PWAs; NOW THEREFORE be it resolved thot: This House gronts me leove to inlroduce o Privote Members' Bill, for on Aci entilled "THE PERSONS WITH AIBINISM BlU"" o droft of which is hereto ottoched ond do order the publicotion of the soid Bill in preporolion or its first reoding.
I beg to move Mover: HON.

SAFI NALULE JJUUKO MPP (NATTONAL) Seconder: HON.

OVAH KAMATEEKA DWR.

MITOOMA DISTRICT 2 THE PERSONS WITH ATBINISM BItL.


MEMORANDUM l. Object The object of this Bill is to provide for comprehensive protection ond promotion oi the righis ol persons wilh olbinism, lo provide for their regisirolion, rehobilitotion, development ond wellbeing; lo provide for the role ond respo nsibilities of bolh stole ond non-stote octors; lo designole o nolionol ond district toskforce coordinolor for persons with olbinism; ond 1o ochieve equolizotion of opporlunities for persons with olbinism.
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Defecls in existing lows.

Albinism is siill widely misunderslood sociolly ond medicolly ond this is monifested by the uncleor definilion ond liltle ottenlion in lows ond policies of Ugondo.

Ihe Persons wlth Disobiliiies Ac'l 2006 does not incorporote o number of righls recognized in the Uniled Notions Convention on the Righls ol Persons with Disobililies (CRPD).

Even lhe righls thot ore recognized ore in dishormony wilh the principles of lhe Convention in relotion lo persons with olbinism.
People wilh olbinism su{fer dilferent forms o{ persecution ond discriminolion grounded in myths ond superstition.

Mony believe thot the body porls of people wilh olbinism hove mogic powers, such os providing weolth ond prosperily, which hos encouroged lhe setup of o successful block morkel for selling body ports of people wilh olbinism.
Furihermore, the UN CRPD recognizes thot disobility is on evolving concepl ond thol disobllily resulls {rom'lhe interoc'iion beiween persons wilh impoirmen'ls ond ottitudinol ond environmeniol boniers thol hinder their {ull ond effective poriicipotion ln sociely on on equol bosis with others.
The Persons with Disobilities Act 2006 on the other hond hos provided for impoirmenl bosed exhouslive definition of disobility which consequently hos denied the recognilion ond enjoyment of rights ond enlitlemenis io people with olbinism noi menlioned in Despile conslilutionol provisions to uphold the righls of oll persons in Ugondo, sludies hove demonstroled thol persons wllh olbinism ore being subjected to ond experiencing persisting muliiple ond inlerseclionol forms ol discriminolion, including riluol qitocks, sexuol violence.
trofficking of body porls, infonlicide ond 1 obondonmenl ol children, societol prejudices, ond lock of occess lo bosic righls such os to heollh ond on odequote slondord of living.

The existing legol fromework does not hove odequote meosures lo prolecl people wilh olbinism from physicol ond menlol obuse nor do they provide effeclive remedy ond redress in cose of obuse.
The ombiguities in lows reloting to witchcroil ond troditionol heolth proctices hove perpetuoted weok prosecution of violence ogoinsl persons with olbinisms.

Cunent lows ogoinst ossoult ond murder tend to provide persons with olbinism with minimum prolection of their rights 1o life ond securily of person.

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Juslificolion Due 1o these mony chollenges ond given lhe peculior obuses ond violotions lhot ore inflicled upon people with olbinism, there is need for specific instruments or guidelines on the enjoyment of humon rights by persons wilh olbinism.
Whereos there ore legol ond policy instruments on most of the humon righls viololions foced by persons with disobililies, Persons with olbinism ore o unique group whose humon rights issues hove generolly gone unnoticed for ceniuries; the resull being deeply engroved stigmo, discriminolion ond violence ogoinsi lhem.
The complexity ond uniqueness of their condition meons lhol lheir experiences significonlly ond simulloneously touch on severol humon rights issues including, bul not limiled to, discriminotion bosed on colour, discriminotion bosed on disobilily, speciol needs in terms of occess lo educotion ond enjoymeni ol the highest slondords of heollh, hormful lroditionol proclices, violence including killings ond rltuol oltocks, lrode ond trofficking of body ports for witchcroil purposes, infonticide ond obondonmenl of children.
The esloblishmenl of o specific low therefore is luslifioble 1o slrengthen the response by lhe governmenl, 1o increose resource ollocoiion/finonciol resources ond reslore conlidence in the low enlorcement or legol system in hcndling PWA's motters.
The bill ls criticol {or the criminolizotion, invesligotion ond prosecution of perpetrotors of crimes ogoinsl persons wilh olbinism ond providing occess to effeclive remedies, redress ond rehobilitotion, including medicol ond psychologicol core, for the survivors ond their Iomilies.

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PROVISIONS OF THE BILt The Bill contoins 5 poris ond 34 clouses os follows- Por.l I provides for the preliminory provisions.
PART ll {clouses 21o 13) provides for o notionol plon of oction on olbinism, the Notionol Toskforce on olbinism, coordinotor for persons wilh olbinism, functions of the Notionol toskforce, District coordinotor for persons with olbinism, functions of Disirici coordinolor for persons wilh olbinism, esloblishment of Rehobilitotion cenlres for PWA's, oworeness on lhe direcl ond indirecl discriminotion direcled ogoinsi persons wilh olbinisms, Humon Resource Developmenl thol formulotes plons {or the recruilmenl, induclion, orientotion ond lroining of suiloble persons with olbinism in iheir respective ministries, deporlmenis or ogencies, occess to support ond ossistonce to PWA's, hobilitolion ond rehobilitolion, register of oll orgonisotions esioblished to provide services to persons with olbinism.
PART lll (clouses 14 Io 22) provides for lhe right to equolity ond non- Discriminolion of the people wiih olbinism, proieclion from cruelly, degroding, inhumon ireolmenl ond oll forms ol violence, obuse ond exploiiotion, proleclion ond sofety of o person with olbinism in situotions of risk, ormed conflicl.

humonilorion emergencies ond nolurol disosters, righl to educolion, non- discriminotion in employment, righi to heolth.
under clouse l7 every person wilh olbinism hos the right to ihe full reolizotion ond enjoyment of olher rights conioined in lhe constitution of the Republic ol Ugondo ond in'lernotionol treoties or ony other lows, punishmenl for conlrovenlion of provisions under this port.
PART lv {clouses 23 Io 321 provides lor conceolmenl of persons wilh olbinism, degroding treoiment of o Person wilh olbinism, possession, selling or buying of humon corpse or lissue, trespossing on buriol ploces for exlroction or exhumotion, unlowful exhumotion of humon corpse, cousing exhumotion ond exlroction, use oI insulting longuoge ogoinsl o pWA, conspirocy or cousing onother lo horm o person with olbinism, oggrovoting circumslonces.

PART V (clouses 32 to 34) provides for the miscelloneous motters.
HON, SAFIA NALULE JJUKO M.P PWD (NArrONAr) 3 THE PERSONS WITH ALBINISM BILL.

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS PART I - PRETIMINARY Clouse l. lnterprelolion.

PART II - ADMINISTRATION AND IMPLEMENTATION 2.

Nolionol Plon of ociion on olbinism.

3.

Estoblishment of o Notionol Toskforce on olbinism.

4.

Composiiion of the Notionol Toskforce on olbinism.

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Funclions of ihe Noiionol Toskforce on olbinism.

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District Toskforce Coordinolor for persons wilh olbinism.

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Funclions of Districl Coordinolor for persons wilh olbinism.

B. Estoblishmeni of Rehobilitotion Cenlres for PWA's.

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Aworeness.

10.

Humon Resource Development.

l l.Access to Supporl ond ossistonce to PWA's.

l2.Hobiliiolion ond rehobilitolion.

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Register ol Orgonisolions.

PART III - RIGHTS.

NEEDS, ENTITLEMENTS AND PRIVILEGES TO PERSONS WITH ALBINISM I 4.

Righi 1o Equollty ond Non-Discriminolion.

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Prolection from cruelty, degroding, inhumon ireolment ond oll forms ol vlolence, obuse ond exploilotion.

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Proiection ond sofely.

17.

Right to educolion.

lB.Righl lo heollh 19.

Work ond employmenl.

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Exemplions.

21 .

Olher rights.

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Punishment for conlrovention of provisions under lhis porl.

PART IV - OFFENCES AGAINST PERSONS WITH ALBINISM 23.

Conceolment of persons wilh olbinism.

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Negleci of o child with olbinism.

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Degroding treotment of o Person wilh olbinism.

26.

Possession, selling or buying of humon corpse or lissue.

2T.Trespossing on buriol ploces for exlroction or exhumotion.

28.

Unlowful exhumolion ol humon corpse.

29.

Cousing exhumolion ond extroclion.

30.

Use of insulling longuoge ogoinst o PWA.

3l.Conspirocy or cousing onother lo horm o person with olbinism 32.

Aggrovoting circumstonces.

PART V - MISCELLANEOUS 33.Applicolion of other lows not borred.
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Regulotions.

35.

Schedules.
5 A BILI for on Acl ENTITLED THE PERSONS WITH ATBINISM ACT An oct to moke provisions for the prolection of the righls ol persons with olbinism, to provide for the registrolion, rehobililotion, ond developmenl of persons wilh olbinisms; to provide for lhe role ond responsibilities of bolh stole ond non-stote oclors; to designote o Notionol Commiitee on persons with Albinism ond district coordinotors for persons with olbinism; lo ochieve equolizolion of opporlunilies for persons with olbinism ond to provide tor motlers connected therewith or incidentol thereio.
BE lI ENACTED by Porlioment os follows: PART I .

PRELIMINARY I .

lnlerprelolion.

ln thls Act, excepl where lhe coniexl otherwise requires; "obuse" meons ony mentol, physlcol, sexuol, psychologicol.

emolionoi ond sociol mistreotment of any person with disobility which is likely 1o couse serious emotionol, mentol, physicol.
ond/or sexuol injury ond includes physicol, sexuol, verbol or emotionol obuse ond economic obuse; "Albinism" is o congenilol condition choroclerized by complete or porliol obsence of pigment (melonin) in the hoir, skin ond eyes lo obsence or defecl of lyrosinose, o copper conioining enzyme involved in the produclion of melonin; "Commissioner" meons the Commlssioner responsible for olbinism in the Minlstry; "Deportmenl'' meons the Deporimenl for disobility & elderly in the Ministry; 6 "hobililotion" refers 1o o process oimed of enobling persons who ore born wiih disobiliiies to oltoin ond mointoin their full physicol, mentol.
sociol ond vocolionol obility ond lull inclusion ond porticipotion in oll ospects of life; "hormful proclices" include behoviour, ottitudes ond proclices bosed on trodition, cullure, religion, superslilion or other reosons which; (o) negotively offect the humon rights ond fundomenlol freedoms of persons with olbinism; or (b) perpetuote discriminotion ogoinsi persons with olbinism; "Minisler" meons the Minister responsible for persons wilh olbinism; "Minislry" meons lhe Minislry responsible for persons wilh olbinism; "Orgonizotions for persons with olbinism'r meons ossociolions or socieiies formed for the purposes of rendering services 1o persons with disobilities; "Orgonizolions of persons wilh olbinism" meons on orgonizotion lhol promote the inleresls of persons wilh olbinism ond of which o moiority of its members ore persons with clbinism; "privole sector" refers to ony person or body whether corporole or unincorporole other thon the Governnrent or Locol Government.
Agencies, Bodies or Orgonizoiion of lhe Governments, but excludes ony reference to non- governmentol orgo nizotion "probotion ond welfore Officer" meons o person responsible Jor lhe welfore ond rights of PWAs in o District, lower locol government or o community; "PWA" meons Person with Albinism; "rehobilitolion" meons o process oimed of enobling pWAs lo ottoin ond moinloin their full physicol, menlol, sociol ond vocoiionol obility ond full inclusion ond porticipotion in oll ospecls "riluol killings" meons the killing of persons motivoied by culturol, religious or superstitious beliefs lhol the use of o body or o body port hos medicinol volue, possesses supernoiurol powers ond brings good luck, prosperily ond protection to the killer; 7 "physicol obuse" meons ony oct or conducl which is of such o noture os to couse bodily poin, horm, or donger to life, limb, or heolth or impoir the heollh or development of the oggrieved person ond includes ossouli ond intimidotion; "sexuol obuse" includes ony conduci of o sexuol noture thot obuses, humiliotes, degrodes or olherwise violotes the dignity of the victim; "violence" meons ony rondom or unprovoked oct or lhreot of such oct on ony person with olbinism or his or her properly with o motive lo couse horm, injure, destroy, domoge or humiliote them ond includes ony oct or omission: (o) thot horms or injures or endongers the heolth, sofely, life, limb or well- being, whether menlol or physicol, ol lhe oggrieved person or lends to do so; (b)lhot horosses, horms, inlures or endongers lhe oggrieved person wilh o view to coerce such person or ony other person reloted to the oggrieved to meet ony unlowful demond; (c)thoi puts the oggrieved in ony insliiulion, or is subject lo ony inlervention, injection.
or inlroduclion 1o ony invosive lreoimenl by eleclric current or rodiotion or chemicols or ony other technique; (d)threotening the oggrieved with ony conduct menlioned in (o), (b,); "verbol ond emotionol obuse" includes insulling, ridiculing, humilioling ony person wiih olbinism whelher directly or indirectly on lhe brosis ol olbinism.

PART II - ADMINISTRATION AND IMPLEMENTATION.

3.

Nolionol Plon ol Aclion on olbinism.


(l) The Minister sholl, in consullotion wilh, the Equol Opporlunity Commission, orgonisotions for PWA ond orgonisotions of PWA, prepore o noiionol Plon ol oction on olbinism.
(2) The plon oJ oclion on olbinism sholl; {i) sel oul whole of governmenl gools lhol suppori lhe inclusion in the community of people with olbinism ond improve occess to moinstreom services ond community fociliiies by people with olbinism, ond 8 (ii) provide for colloborolion ond co-ordinotion omong governmenl deportmenls, locol councils ond other enlities in the provision of supports ond services.

(3) The Minister sholl toble o copy ol lhe oction on olbinism in Porlioment every yeor.
{4) Eoch public outhority sholl hove o plon setling oui the meosures it iniends to put in ploce (in connection with the exercise of its functions) for people wilh olbinism- 4.

Esloblishmenl of o Nolionol Commitlee on persons with Albinism.

(1 ) There is esloblished q mulli-seclorol losk force to be known os "the Nolionol Toskforce on olbinism".

(2) The Notionol Commitiee on persons wilh Albinism sholl be the compelent outhority on coordinotion on issues of PWA notionolly.

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Composilion of lhe Commitlee on persons wilh Albinism.
(1) The Committee sholl consist of the following; (o) The Commissioner responsible for olbinism mollers in lhe Minislry who sholl be the Nolionol Coordinolor ond Choirperson; (b) o representotive oi orgonisotions of persons wilh olbinism; (c) o represenfotive of the ministry responsible for heolih; (d) o representolive of the ministry responsible f or finonce; (e) o represenlotive o{ the minisiry responsible {or educotion; (f) o represenloiive of the ministry responsible lor justice; (g) o representotive of the police nominoted by the lnspector Generol of Polic e; (h) o representotive of the judiciory; ond {i) o representotive of the Director of Public Proseculions.
(2) The business ond offoirs of lhe Noiionol Tosk{orce sholl be conducled in occordonce wllh the 2n,r Schedule.

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Functions of the Commitlee.
The Committee sholl perform ihe following lunctions; (o) review ond coordinote lhe octivities of oll lhe Deporimenls of Government ond non-Governmentol Orgonisolions deollng with molters reloting lo persons with olbinism; (b) formutote o notionol policy lo oddress issues {oced by persons wiih olbinism; (c) odvis2 e the Governmenl on ihe formulotion of policies, progrommes, legislotion ond projects with respect lo olbinism; (d) deliberoie ond moke recommendotions to the Governmeni on olbinism; (e) toke up ihe couse of persons with olbinism with the concerned outhorities ond the inlernotionol orgonisolions wilh o view 1o provide for schemes ond projects lor the disobled in the nolionol plons ond other progrommes ond policies evolved by the internotionol ogencles; (f) review in consultoiion wilh lhe donor ogencies their funding policies from the perspective of their impoct on persons wiih olbinism; (g) toke such other steps lo ensure borrier free environmenl in public ploces, work ploces, public utilities, schools ond olher institutions; (h) monitor ond evoluole the impoct of policies ond progrommes designed f or ochieving equolily ond f ull porticipolion oi persons with olbinism; (i) periorm such other funclions os moy be prescribed by the Governmenl.
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Districl Coordinolors.

(l) A dis.trici probolion ond welfore officer in every disiricl sholl be the Dislricl Coordinolor for persons wiih olbinism tor motters reloting lo lhe implemenlotion of this Ac1.

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Functions of Dislrict T Coordinotor.

(l) Subject lo the provisions of lhis Acl, the funclion of the dislricl T Coordinolor for persons with olbinism sholl be to serve os ihe locol governmenl focol poinl on olbinism.
(2) ln porticulor ond withoui preiudice to the generolity o{ the foregoing funclion the Dislricl Coordinotor for persons wilh olbinism moy, within the Locol governmenl perform oll or ony ol ihe following funclions, nomely: 10 (o) review ond coordinote the oclivilies of oll the Deportments of Government ond non-Governmentol Orgonisotions whjch ore deoling with motlers reloting lo persons wiih olbinism in.the dislrici; (b) develop o district policy ond plon 1o oddress issues foced by persons wiih olbinism; (c) odvise the districi Council on lhe formulotion of policies, progrommes, legislotion ond projects with respect to olbinism; {d) review, in consultoiion with the donor ogencies, their funding policies from the perspeclive of their impocl on persons with olbinism; (e) toke such, other sleps 10 ensure bonier free environmenl in publlc ploces, workploces, public utilities, schools qnd olher inslilutions; (f) monitor ond evoluote the impocl of policies ond progrommes designed for ochieving equolily ond full porticipotion of persons wilh olbinism in the district; ond (g) to perform such oiher functions os moy be prescribed by the Minister.
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Estoblishmenl of Rehobililolion Centres for PW.A's.

The Minisler sholl estoblish such rehobililotion centres in the couniry under the supervision of o probotion ond welfore officer to provide protection, identificotions.

hobililotion.

rehobilitoiion or direct ossistonce lo pWAs or victims of oltocks, lorture or ony o'lher humon rights violotions.

10.

Aworeness.
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Aworeness.

(l) The Minisler sholl devise suitoble informotion compoigns, ond sensitizotion progrommes to roise oworeness on the direcl ond indirect discriminolion direcied ogoinsl persons wilh olbinisms ond especiolly women ond children wilh olbinism os o meosure to prevenl such discriminolion.
(2) The Minisier sholl lounch ond supporl stigmo reduclion progrommes; moss educotion compoigns; iniormotion ond lechnology linked dlsseminoiion progrommes; ond sensilizotion workshops on olbinism to ochieve the objectives ouilined in subseciion (1 ) .
(3) every locol government sholl undertoke suitoble sensitizotion ond informolion disseminolion progrommes on rights of persons with o lbinism within lheir oreo; 1,L ond moy lounch ond support stigmo reduction progrommes, moss educolion compcigns, informotion ond technology linked disseminotion progrommes.
(4) Without prejudice to ihe generol oworeness roising obligotion in sub secllon (2) such progrommes, compoigns ond workshops sholl inter o/io: (o) promote volues of inclusion, toleronce, empothy ond respecl for diversity; (b) recognize the volue of on olbino life; (c) fosler respecl for the decisions mode by persons with olbinism on cll motters reloted to fomily life, relotionships, beoring ond roising children; (d) Provide orientotion ond sensitizotion o1 the school, college.
university ond professionol troining level on the humon condition of olbinism ond lhe rights of persons with olbinism.

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Humon Resource Developmenl.

(1)A governmenl Minislry, deportmenl or ogencies sholl periodicolly underloke needs bosed onolysis ond formulote plons for the recruilmenl, induclion, orientotion ond troining of suiioble persons with olbinism in their respeclive minislries, deporlmenls or ogencies.
{2) A government minislry, deportmeni or ogency sholl ensure thol the lerms ond condilions of service of oll personnel ond professionols ore oppropriole, just ond equitoble to serve PWA's.

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Access lo supporl ond ossislonce lo PWA's.

The Mlnisler sholl esloblish ond provide occess to suitoble supporl ond ossislonce oppropriote lo person wilh olbinism including mothers o{ children living with olbinisms.

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Hobililolion ond rehobilitotion.


(1) A person with olbinism is entilled 1o hobilitolion ond rehobilito.lion services ond progroms, porliculorly in lhe oreos ol heollh, employmenl, educotion, housing ond sociol services, 1o enoble their independenl living, porlicipolion, ond incluslon in communily life.

12 (2) A disirict Coordinotor sholl offord o molher or coretoker of o child with olbinism such focilities ond omenities thot ore necessory for the heollh ond wellbeing of the child.
(3) A mother, coreloker, fomily or guordion of o child wilh olbinism sholl be provided supporl ond ossistonce for their wellbeinq.

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Register of Orgonisolions.


( I ) The Notionol Coordinolor sholl estoblish ond mointoin orgonisotions for persons with olbinism for the purpose of- o Regisler of (o) implementing ony projecis which contribute lo ihe wellbeing, developmenl ond core of persons with olbinism; /b/ esioblishing on umbrello body 1o streomline ond benchmork stondords regording the development of persons wilh olbinism in relolion to inlernolionol proctice.
{2) The Minisler sholl by slolutory inslrument moke reguloiion prescribing such terms ond condiiions os the Minister deems fil ond proper for the regislro'lion of orgonisotions for persons with olbinism.

PART III - RIGHTS, NEEDS, ENIITLEMENTS AND PRIVILEGES TO PERSONS WITH ATBINISM 15.

Right to Equolily ond Non-Discriminotion.


(i) A person wilh olbinism is equol before the low ond sholl be eniiiled 1o equol proteciion withoul ony discriminotion whether in public ond privoie entilies ot ony levels of lile.

(2) No person wilh olbinism sholl be discriminoled on the bosis of ony ol the prohibited grounds; unless it con be shown thoi lhe impugned oct, provision.

crilerion, proctice, lreolmeni or omission is o proportionote meons of ochieving o legitimoie oim.

16.
16.

Proleclion from cruelly, degroding ond inhumon treolmenl 13 (1 ) No person wiih olbinism sholl be subjected to torture.

cruel, inhumon or degroding ireolmenl.

(2) o person with olbinism sholl be proiected ogoinst oll forms of exploilotion, obuse ond violence, including physicol, menlol, sexuol.

ond emolionol in oll sellings of oll ploces including, home, core-houses.
educotionol institutions, institutions, workploces, ond ony other ploce which resides, co-hobils, employs or in olher monner inhobits ony person with olbinism whether tempororily or permonently.

(3) Every locol government sholl pul in ploce odministrotive, sociol, educolionol ond other meosures to protect persons with olbinism both within ond outside the home, from oll forms of exploitotion, violence ond obuse.
(4) An orgonlzolion for persons wilh olbinism or ony person in position of outhorily, who hos reoson to believe thol on oct of exploiiotion, violence ond obuse hos been, or is being, or is likely to be commiiled ogoinst ony person wilh olbinism.

moy give informolion obout it to the police officer, or the mogistrote in whose jurisdiction such incidenl occurs is or is likely 1o occur.
(5) The Police sholl estoblish such speciol unils ond deportment in every dislricl for hondling of oll incidents of obuse, violence ond exploilotion o{ persons with olbinisms.

(6) The Nolionol ond dislrict Toskforce Coordinolors sholl estoblish in every disirict o loll free help line {or responses ond rescue for PWAs.
(7) Any person in position of oulhority or orgonizotion who or which hos reoson lo believe thot on ocl oI obuse, violence or exploilotion hos been, or is being, or is likely to be commilted ogoinsl ony person wlth olblnism.
moy toke immediote sieps 10 stop or prevenl its occurrence, os the cose moy be, or poss such order os he deems fif for the proiection of such person wilh olbinism including on order- (o) 1o rescue the viclim of such oct; (b) outhorising lhe police; (b) toke sleps for ovoiding such incidenls ond prescribe the procedure for ils reporiing; 1,4 (c) relerring the viclim to oppropriote counseling, rehobilitotion.
reintegrotion, ond protection services; ond (d) creote oworeness ond moke ovoiloble informolion omong the public.

(B) Persons with disobilities who ore sublecl 1o ony form of exploitotion, violence or obuse ore entitled to occess justice ond to receive oppropriote counseling, rehobililotion.

reintegrotion, ond proteclion services.

17.

Proleclion ond sofely.


(l) o person wiih olbinism sholl hove equol proteclion ond sofeiy in siluolions of risk, ormed confllci, humonitorion emergencies ond noturol disosters.

(2) The Minister responsible for disoster sholl loke oppropriote meosures 10 ensure inclusion of persons wilh olbinism in ils disosler monogement ociivilies ihe sofely ond protection of persons with olbinism.
{3) The Districl Disoster Monogemenl Committee sholl mointoin record of deloils of persons wilh olbinism in lhe diskicl ond loke suiloble meosures 1o lnlorm such persons of ony siluoiions of risk so os lo enhonce disoster preporedness.

18.

Righl lo educotion.


(l ) No educotion or troining insiilution sholl- {o) deny ony person wilh olbinism odmission inlo or expel ihe person from the inslitution; (b) subjecl o person wilh olbinism to condilions ond lreotmenl thot ore detrimentol lo their funclioning ond obility lo sludy.

(c) dlscipline, segregote or deny the person porticipotion in ony evenl or octivity on the bosis of olbinism; or (d) deny ony benefits or services lo the person, on the bosis of disobiliiy with olbinism.
(2) oll educotionol institutions sholl provide inclusive educotion to lhe children wilh olbinism ond sholl ensure- 15 fol thot persons with olbinism ore not excluded from the generol educotion system; (bJ thot reosonoble occommodolion of the requirements ond conditions of o PWA is provided; ond (cJ persons with olbinism recelve the support required, within the generol educotion system, to focilitote their effective educoiion; ond (e) deteneni ond punilive meosures ore in ploce for sligmo.

insull.

obuse.
insull.

obuse.

bullying ond neglecl of PWA by leochers or fellow leoners.
(3) the Minister sholl lioise with the ministry responsible for educolion to; (o) conduct survey for identifying children wilh olbinism, oscerloining lheir speciol needs ond enrolment in schools; ond (b) troin ond employ teochers, including teochers with olbinism who ore quolified in teoching such children; (c) provide oppropriole ossistive devices to persons wiih olbinism in school; ond (dJ monitor educolionol institulions wiih children wilh olbinism for complionce wilh this Acl.
(4) on educotionol instilulion lound in violotion of the provision of this section moy; for first breoch be ordered to conecl the non-complionce ond on the second breoch, hove ils licence revoked on the recommendotion of the Minister.

19.

Right lo heollh (l ) A person with olbinism hos the right to the enjoymenl of the highesl oltoinoble stondord of heollh wilhoul discriminotion on the bosis of olbinism.
(2) A person with olbinism hos the right 1o the some ronge, quolity ond stondord of free or offordoble heolth core ond progrommes, including in the oreo of sexuol ond reproductive heollh.

(3) A person with olbinism sholl be eniitled lo; (o) free heclihcore in o government heollh focility; ond 1t) (c) priority in oltendonce ond lreoiment.

(2) The governmeni or o locol government estoblish offordobrle insuronce schemes or progrommes lo promoie heolthcore ond treotment of persons with olbinism.
(3) The Minister sholl in lioison with relevont governmenl MDA sholl in porticulor; (o) provide free visuol rehobililolion ond surgicol lreotment for o PWA in need of vision connection; (b) provide free proleclive clothing ogoinst sun exposure ond prescriplive spectocles io improve refroctive errors in the eye; (c) Provide free sun proteciion cosmetics io o PWA in need; {d) Provide every government heolth focility with quolified ond speciolized personnel 1o diognose, ireot ond be responsive io heollh complicotions reloled to people wilh olbinism.
20.

Work ond employmenl.
(1) No employer sholl discriminoie on the grounds of disobility ogoinsl o quolified person wilh o olbinism in regord to - (o) procedures relolive 1o opplicotions for employment; (b) lhe hiring, promolion or dismissol of employees; (c) employee compensotion; (d) job troining; ond (e) ony other ierms, condilions ond privileges reloied 1o employmeni (2) the Minister sholl oller consullotion with lhe Ministry responsible for public service ond lobour, by order specify number of voconcies ovoiloble for recruitment of persons wilh olbinism.
(3) lhe Minister moy, hoving regord to the iype ol work corried on in ony workploce, by notificotion ond subject to such condilions, require such workploce to exempi o PWA from working ouldoor ond being exposed to sun.

77 (4) Every workploce sholl provide reosonoble occommodotion ond opproprioie borrier free ond conducive environmeni to employees wilh olbinism.

Exemplions 21.
Nothing under this Act sholl in ony woy be conslrued os prohibiting ony form oJ oction lhot moy be token in the circumstonces of the cose by ony person, outhoriiy or instilulion lo ensure thol persons wilh olbinism ore in one woy or onother - (o) gronled equol opporlunities with other person who do nol hove o olbinism; or (b) occorded speciol lreotmenl commensurote with their speciol needs in the provision of goods, Jocililies, services or opporlunities in order to meei such speciol needs; or (c) ollowed gronts, benefils or progrommes, whether direcl or indirect, io meet their speciol needs, with o view 1o the iniegrolion of such persons with olher persons who do not hove o disobilily in moiters reloled lo employmen't, educolion.
occommodotion, the provision of goods, services ond focilities.

lhe odministrotion of lows ond their copocily lo leod on independent life within lhe community os o whole.

22.

Other rights.

ln oddilion 1o ihe rights contoined in this Port, every person wilh olbinism hos lhe righi lo the full reolizotion ond enjoymenl of olher righls contoined in ihe Constilulion of the Republic of Ugondo ond inlernoiionol treoties or ony olher lows.

23.

Punishmenl tor controvenlion of provisions under this port.
Any privote enlily who controvenes ony of the provisions under this pori sholl for {irst controvention be punishoble with fine not exceeding 2000 currency poinis ond for ony subsequenl conlrovenlion with fine no1 exceeding 5000 cunency points.

PART IV - OFFENCES AGAINST PERSONS WITH ATBINISM 18 24.

Conceolmenl of persons wilh olbinism.


A porent, guordion, nexl of kin or coretoker of o person with olbinism who:- (o) conceols the whereobouls ol the person; or (b) willfully foils 1o register the person o1 birlh under ihe Regislrotion of Persons Act; Commits on offence ond sholl on conviclion be lioble to imprisonmenl for o lerm not exceeding five yeors.

25.

Neglecl of o child with olbinism.


Any cuslodion, porent or guordion who willfully refuses to toke core, provide necessities or enroll o child with olbinism in school commils,on offence ond is lioble to upon conviction to o term of imprisonment nol exceeding 3 yeors.

26.

Degroding treolmenl of o person wilh olbinism.


Any person who voluntorily or knowingly commits or obets the degroding treoiment ol o person with olbinism by words, eilher spoken or writlen, or by signs or by visible representolions or othewise, commits on offence ond is lioble on conviction to o fine nol exceeding one hundred currency poinis or to o term of imprisonment not exceeding one yeor or to both.

27.

Possession, selling or buying of humon corpse or tissue.
{i ) A person who - {o) exlrocls; (b) is found in possession o{; (c) sells; {d) buys; or (e) olherwise tronsocts in - (i) o humon corpse; or (ii) humon lissue exlrocled from on olbino whelher deod or living commits on of{ence ond sholl be lioble, upon conviction, to imprisonmenl for life: 28.

Irespossing on buriol ploces for extroction or exhumotion.
Any person who, wilh the inlenlion of extrociing iissue from on olbino body or exhuming on olbino corpse for sole, rituol or other purpose, enlers o ploce o{ 19 sepulture or depository for lhe remoins of the deod olbino commils on oflence ond is lioble, upon convictlon, to imprisonmenl for iwenty-five yeors.

29.

Unlowful exhumotion of humon corpse.

Any person who unlowfully exhumes o corpse of PWA commits on offence ond is lioble, upon conviction, lo imprisonment for life.

30.
30.

Cousing exhumqlion ond exlroclion.

(l) A person who unlowfully couses onolher person to - (o) Exhume o corpse of PWA; or (b) Extrocl lissue from o corpse of PWA, commils on offence ond sholl be lioble, upon conviclion, to imprisonment for life.

(2) A person is deemed 1o hove coused on ocl under subseclion (l ) where the person inslrucls, encouroges, promoies, inciles, direcls, demonds, requesls or otherwise mokes onother person to do ony of the octs prescribed obove.

31 .
Use of insulling longuoge ogoinst o PWA (1) A person who:- {o) uses on insulting longuoge or otherwise conducls himself in o monner likely to glve such provocolion 1o o PWA; {b) inteniionolly insults or inlimidotes wilh inlenl 1o humiliote o person with disobililies in ony ploce within public view; or (b) ossoults or uses force to ony person wilh olbinism with inteni lo dishonor him/her or outroge the modesty of o person with olbinism; commils on offence ogoinsl o person with olbinism ond sholl be lioble to o fine of ,100 currency poinls or to imprisonment for six months.
32.

Conspirocy or cousing onolher lo horm o person with olbinism.

(1) A person who, knowing onother person to be o person with olbinism, for ony purpose wholsoever.
conspires with o third person or couses or ottempts 1o couse o lhird person, lo - 20 (o) kill the person with olbinism; (b) moim, wound or otherwise couse grievous bodily horm to the person wilh olbinism; (c) exlroct humon tissue from the person with olbinism; (dlsexuolly or olherwise ossoull the person with olbinism; commils on offence ond is lioble, on conviction, to imprisonmenl for life.

(2) A person is deemed 1o hove coused on oct under subseclion (l) where the person instructs, encouroges, promotes.
incites, directs, demonds, requests or otherwise mokes onolher person to do ony of the proscribed ocls.

33.
33.

Aggrovoting circumstonces Where o person who commiis ony oci under this Porl wos, oi lhe time of the commission or otlempled commission of ihe offence,- (o)o relotive or in position of outhority of the person on whom the offence wos commilled; (b)lived wilh the person ogoinst whom the offence wos commitled; or (c) provided core, support or proteciion lo the person ogoinsl whom the offence wos committed, he or she sholl be lioble to imprisonmenl for life.

PART V _ MISCELLANEOUS 34.


Applicotion of other lows nol borred.

The provisions of this Act sholl be in oddition io, ond nol in derogolion of, the provisions of ony oiher law for lhe time being in Iorce.

35.

Regulolions.

The Minister sholl moke Regulolions generolly for the belter corrying out of the provisions of this Acl 21 SCHEDULES SCHEDULE 1 CURRENCY POINT A currency point is equivolent to lweniy thousond shillings.

22 SCHEDULE 2.

MEETINGS OF IHE Commifiee l. Meelings of lhe Commifiee.
(1)The choirperson sholl convene every meeling of lhe committee ot iimes ond ploces os the Commiree moy determinL, ond rhe committee snott meel for the dischorge of business of leost four limes in every yeor.

(2) The choirperson moy.

ot ony time.

convene o speciol meeling of the commirtee ond sho, orso co, o meeling wirhin fourieen ooyr.

ir i""quesr"o .^.

lo do so in writing by ot leosl four membLrs of the Committee.
{3) Notice of o committee meering shoil be given in writing to eoch member ot leosl fourleen working doys before the doy of the mJeling.

(4) The choirperson sholl preside ot every meeting of lhe commiilee ond in the obsence of ihe choirperson; rhe members presenr srrotr ojpoint o member from omong lhemselves .to preside o.l lhot meeling.

2.

Quorum.

(1) The quorum for o meeling of lhe Commiitee is five members.
(2) All decisions or o meeting of ihe Commiltee shoil be by o mojoriiy of ihe votes of the members.preseni ond voling ond in cose ot on'"l,Jotity ot vores.

lhe person presiding ol the meeling shol hove o cosiing ,rot.

in oddition to his or her deliberotive vole.

3 Minules of meelings.

(1)The commitlee shol couse to be recorded ond kept, minures of oil meetings of the Commiltee in o form opproved by the Commitlee.
(2) The minules recorded under this porogroph shoil be submitted 1o ihe commrttee for confirmoiion o1 its next mLeting foilowing thoi t; wl,cl i;e minules relole ond when so confirmed, sholl bL signed by ihe Choirperson ond rhe Secretory to the Commillee, in lhe presence of the members presenl o1 the lolter meeling.

Power lo co-opt 4.
Power lo co-opt 4.

(1) The Commiltee moy invite ony person who, in the opinion of the Commitlee, hos expert knowledge concerning the functions of the Committee, 1o oltend ond toke porl in the proceedings oi the Commiltee.

(2) A person ottending o meeting of the Commiltee under this section moy toke port in ony discussion ol the meeling on which his or her odvice is required bul sholl nol hove ony right to vote ol thol meeting.

5.
5.

Volidity of proceedings nol offected by voconcy, The volidity of ony proceedings ol the Commitlee sholl no.l be offected by o voconcy in iis membership or by ony defect in lhe oppoinlment or quolificoiion ol o member or by reoson thot o person not eniitled, took port in its proceedings.

6.

Disclosure of inleresl of members.


(l) A member ol the Commiltee who is in ony woy directly or indirectly interested in o conlroct mode or proposed to be mode by the Commitlee, or in ony other moller which folls to be considered by the Committee, sholl disclose the nolure of his or her interesl ol o meeting of the Commillee.

(2) A disclosure mode under subporogroph (l) sholl be recorded in lhe minuies of thol meeiing.
(3) A member who mokes o disclosure under subporogroph (1) sholl not- (o)be present during ony deliberolion of the Commiltee with respecl to lhot molter; or (b)toke port in ony decision of the Commillee wilh respect to thol motler.

(4) For purposes of determining whether there is o quorum, o member withdrowing from o meeling or who is nol loking porl in o meeting under subporogroph (3) sholl be treoled os being presenl.

7.
7.

Commitlee moy regulole ils procedure Sub.jeci to this Act, the Commitlee moy regulole its own procedure or ony olher moller reloiing to its meetings